Iverider
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
I figure it's time to start a thread on my Iver Johnson arch truss project before I get too many photos.
I bought the bike from CrownKing a couple of years ago off of eBay. He didn't want to disassemble and ship so it was a local pick up auction fortunately for me.
When bidding was through, it was MINE!
When I first saw it I didn't really know what to think. At least the frame was solid was what I kept telling myself. There is original paint on there, and even a little of the Iver Logo on the downtube...but only a little.
The saddle leather was in amazing shape, but pretty much everything had a light peppering of shallow pits across the surface. The handlebars were rusted in half at the stem, the headbadge was missing, it had the wrong fork on it and the rear wheel was cracked and repaired with a bolt and square nut at some point long ago. The front wheel wasn't frozen, but the chain was so crusty that I couldn't tell the state of the rest of the drivetrain. I explored CrownKing's Crown collection and shot the poope for a bit, then threw the Iver on top of the Bug and headed home. I was excited!
When I arrived at home I immediately soaked every nut and bolt with penetrating oil and began disassembly.
To my surprise everything unbolted quite easily, the only trick being removing the crank nut. At this point, my plans were not well defined.
Wall hanger? No. Full resto? Maybe...but not yet.
I began buying parts WHEN I could find them. I needed a fork, and ended up with three that didn't fit before I got the right one.
I needed a badge and lucked out with this one.
I assembled the whole thing at one point with a fixed gear wheelset from a different bike and some later Iver cranks and rode back and forth down mainstreet for a few minutes. Rides nice!
I bought the bike from CrownKing a couple of years ago off of eBay. He didn't want to disassemble and ship so it was a local pick up auction fortunately for me.
When bidding was through, it was MINE!
When I first saw it I didn't really know what to think. At least the frame was solid was what I kept telling myself. There is original paint on there, and even a little of the Iver Logo on the downtube...but only a little.
The saddle leather was in amazing shape, but pretty much everything had a light peppering of shallow pits across the surface. The handlebars were rusted in half at the stem, the headbadge was missing, it had the wrong fork on it and the rear wheel was cracked and repaired with a bolt and square nut at some point long ago. The front wheel wasn't frozen, but the chain was so crusty that I couldn't tell the state of the rest of the drivetrain. I explored CrownKing's Crown collection and shot the poope for a bit, then threw the Iver on top of the Bug and headed home. I was excited!
When I arrived at home I immediately soaked every nut and bolt with penetrating oil and began disassembly.
To my surprise everything unbolted quite easily, the only trick being removing the crank nut. At this point, my plans were not well defined.
Wall hanger? No. Full resto? Maybe...but not yet.
I began buying parts WHEN I could find them. I needed a fork, and ended up with three that didn't fit before I got the right one.
I needed a badge and lucked out with this one.
I assembled the whole thing at one point with a fixed gear wheelset from a different bike and some later Iver cranks and rode back and forth down mainstreet for a few minutes. Rides nice!